Connexin and pannexin (hemi)channels in the liver

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 JAN, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Maes, Michaël ^a   Decrock, Elke ^b   Cogliati, Bruno ^c   Oliveira, André G ^d   Marques, Pedro E ^d   Dagli, Maria L Z ^c   Menezes, Gustavo B ^d   Mennecier, Gregory ^c   Leybaert, Luc ^b   Vanhaecke, Tamara ^a   Rogiers, Vera ^a   Vinken, Mathieu ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell death; Connexin; Gap junction; Hemichannel; Hepatocyte; Inflammation; Pannexin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893534523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00405     Document Type: Short Survey

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